1916 in Argentine football explained

Country:Argentina
Soccer:no
Season:1916
Division1:Primera División
Champions1:Racing Club
Division2:Intermedia
Champions2:Sp. Barracas
Division3:Segunda División
Division4:Tercera División
Domestic:Copa de Honor
Dchampions:Rosario Central
Domestic2:Copa de Competencia
Leaguecup:Copa Ibarguren
Prevseason:1915
Nextseason:1917

1916 in Argentine football saw Racing Club win their 4th consecutive league championship. Rosario Central won the Copa de Honor and the Copa de Competencia but they were beaten in both of the international finals.

In international football Argentina hosted the first edition of Copa América (named "Campeonato Sudamericano" by then) where they finished as runners un to Uruguay although they won four minor trophies later in the year.

Primera División

Final standings

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1 34 21 15 4 2 39 10 +29
2 30 21 12 6 3 25 13 +12
3 29 21 10 9 2 27 10 +17
4 27 21 9 9 3 21 12 +9
5 26 21 11 4 6 31 16 +15
6 26 21 10 6 5 37 22 +15
7 23 21 9 5 7 16 25 -9
8 22 21 7 8 6 32 26 +6
9 21 21 8 5 8 31 29 +2
10 21 21 8 5 8 22 28 -6
11 20 21 7 6 8 25 23 +2
12 20 21 6 8 7 26 26 0
13 20 21 7 6 8 29 32 -3
14 20 21 7 6 8 25 29 -4
15 20 21 6 8 7 13 17 -4
16 Columbian[1] 19 21 6 7 8 24 26 -2
17 17 21 5 7 9 17 24 -7
18 16 21 4 8 9 20 31 -11
19 15 21 5 5 1127 33 -6
20 15 21 6 3 12 28 39 -11
21 13 21 5 3 13 20 40 -20
22 8 21 2 4 15 12 36 -24

Lower divisions

Intermedia

Segunda División

Domestic Cups

Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires

Final

Rosario Central 1-0 Independiente [2]

Copa de Competencia Jockey Club

Final

Rosario Central 2-1 Independiente [3]

Copa Ibarguren

Final

Racing Club 6-0 Rosario Central[4]

(3rd title)

International cups

Tie Cup

Final

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24 December 1916
Rosario Central0 - 3 Peñarol

Copa de Honor Cousenier

Final

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10 December 1916
Nacional6 - 1 Rosario Central

Copa Dr. Ricardo C. Aldao

Final

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3 December 1916
Racing Club1 - 2 Nacional

Argentina national team

To commemorate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence, Argentina hosted and participated in the first edition of the 1916 South American Championship, later named Copa América. Argentina finished as runners-up to Uruguay.

The national squad won the Copa Círculo de la Prensa, Copa Lipton, Copa Newton and Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo that year.

Results

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6 July 1916Buenos Aires6–11916 Copa AméricaOhaco 2, J.D. Brown 2, Marcovecchio 2
10 July 1916Buenos Aires1–11916 Copa América J. Laguna
12 July 1916Buenos Aires1–0Friendly
17 July 1916Avellaneda0–01916 Copa América
15 August 1916Montevideo2–1
15 August 1916Avellaneda3–1Copa Newton
1 October 1916Montevideo1–0Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo
1 October 1916Avellaneda7–2Copa Círculo de la Prensa
29 October 1916Montevideo1–3Copa Círculo de la Prensa

External links

Notes and References

  1. "Hispano Argentino" changed its name to "Columbian".
  2. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg-hon16.html Copa de Honor 1016
  3. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg-joc16.html Copa de Competencia 1916
  4. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/argibargurencuphist.html Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren 1916